In the wake of President Trump’s acquittal, White House allies are floating a Supreme Court appointment for top impeachment lawyer Jay Sekulow.
“He’s certainly qualified,” said former Trump lawyer John Dowd about a potential appointment, speaking to Politico. “He’d be a terrific Supreme Court justice.” Dowd was briefly on the team representing Trump during the probe by then-special counsel Robert Mueller into allegations of collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign, alongside Sekulow.
Sekulow was one of a handful of lawyers representing the president in his Senate impeachment trial, playing a quiet role next to celebrity attorneys Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr.
On Sekulow’s weekday talk radio show, Jay Sekulow Live!, the attorney has long gone to bat for the president, calling bias at the Department of Justice and criticizing the Mueller investigation.
He is viewed as a savvy media hand, but critics charged during the trial that his presentation was poor. CNN analyst Jeffrey Toobin praised Sekulow for his past Supreme Court arguments but took issue with his performance on the Senate floor
“I was surprised that Jay Sekulow, who I think is a very fine lawyer — seen him argue in the Supreme Court several times — wandered in the wasteland of the Mueller report, that didn’t seem relevant,” Toobin said in January.
“You want to keep your job? You get along with Jay,” said briefly-tenured Trump lawyer Joe diGenova, who was dismissed on account of a sartorial misstep.
